Italian Studies | Comics Studies
My article on the artistic career of Italian cartoonist Magnus is now available in the International Journal of Comic Art, as a result of my participation in The International Comic Arts Forum in April 2019. I'm proud to be published next to renowned international comics scholars, and my deepest gratitude goes to John Lent, who... Continue Reading →
In June, I participated in Mediating Italy in Global Culture Summer School, which is sponsored by the University of Bologna, in collaboration with Brown University, Dickinson College, The University of Michigan, The Ohio State University and Wesleyan University. The second edition of “Mediating Italy in Global Culture” offers an intensive learning experience where graduate and post-graduate... Continue Reading →
Starting from this semester 2019, Indiana University has an (almost) official Comics Studies Group. In Frebruary we will hold our first conference, "Panels on Panels". Stay tuned for more details!!
In the 80s, while Frank Miller and Alan Moore were exploring the comics medium to convey a new sense of temporality, the Italian cartoonist Sergio Toppi was similarly experimenting new reading and compositional strategies in his works, and particularly in his graphic novel Sharaz-De (1984), inspired by the Arabian Nights. This paper investigates Toppi’s approach... Continue Reading →
This paper seeks to examine the categories of “high” and “low” within the medium of comics itself, through the example of the Italian comics magazine Orient Express (1982-1985). Founded by Luigi Bernardi, Orient Express was one of the many “auteur comics magazines” that in those decades imported a Franco-Belgian format into Italy. However, this editorial... Continue Reading →
My paper analyzes the contribution of the comics magazine Orient Express, published by Luigi Bernardi from June 1982 to March 1985, to the development of the adult comics culture in Italy. Although Orient Express consists of only thirty issues, its role in the Italian comics world of that period is not to be underestimated. Before... Continue Reading →
Sara Dallavalle, PhD 